A 13TH-CENTURY sufi, Jalal al-Din Rumi, has been described as the “most popular poet” and the “best selling poet” in the United States with a legion of global fans. His epitaph reads: “When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.”
The following story, however, is not about Rumi but rather his father, Baha al-Din, and his contemporary political leader.
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